02711nam 2200637 a 450 991045081760332120200520144314.01-281-29508-697866112950801-84714-416-0(CKB)1000000000412950(EBL)436383(OCoLC)427510761(SSID)ssj0000239695(PQKBManifestationID)11186214(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239695(PQKBWorkID)10251630(PQKB)10115307(MiAaPQ)EBC436383(Au-PeEL)EBL436383(CaPaEBR)ebr10224827(CaONFJC)MIL129508(OCoLC)893334147(EXLCZ)99100000000041295020070105d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRousseau and the ethics of virtue[electronic resource] /James DelaneyLondon ;New York Continuumc20061 online resource (170 p.)Continuum studies in philosophyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-8724-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-162) and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Virtue Ethics Past and Present; 2 Virtue and the State of Nature; 3 Virtue as the Cultivation of the Individual; 4 The Virtuous Citizen and Rousseau's Political Philosophy; 5 Toward a Rousseauian Theory of Virtue; Bibliography; IndexJean-Jacques Rousseau is an enigmatic figure in many ways. There is much debate about whether he was an advocate of the Enlightenment project or a critic of it. Sometimes Rousseau seems to be arguing against traditional values and hierarchies. But elsewhere he seems to be an enemy of progress altogether. This book explains Rousseau's true place in the Enlightenment by paying particular attention to his account of virtue. Virtue ethics is one of the main branches in moral philosophy, and its most famous advocate is Aristotle. Many recent philosophers have tried to revive virtue ethics, most notContinuum studies in philosophy.VirtueHistoryEthics, Modern18th centuryEnlightenmentElectronic books.VirtueHistory.Ethics, ModernEnlightenment.194Delaney James1035318MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450817603321Rousseau and the ethics of virtue2454963UNINA